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      "title": "Siddur Tehillat Hashem, Weiss Edition",
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    "page": {
      "slug": "260-261-260-261-shema-prayer-before-going-to-bed-",
      "section": "Shema Prayer Before Going to Bed",
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      "printPages": "260-261",
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      "header": {
        "section": {
          "english": "Shema Prayer Before Going to Bed",
          "transliteration": {}
        },
        "topic": {
          "english": "",
          "transliteration": {}
        },
        "printPages": "260-261",
        "correlativePages": "148"
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        {
          "type": "Passage",
          "hebrew": "בְּרַחֲמִים. בָּרוּךְ שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה: עוּרָה כְבוֹדִי\nעוּרָה הַנֵּבֶל וְכִנּוֹר אָעִירָה שָּׁחַר: תּוֹרָה\nצִוָּה לָנוּ מֹשֶׁה מוֹרָשָׁה קְהִלַּת יַעֲקֹב:",
          "english": "<b>my wicked deeds, and restore them to me in peace, calm, and safety</b>—for You <b>mercifully</b> attend the prayer of Your people, the Children of Israel. <b>Blessed is God, Who hears prayer.</b> <b>To my soul</b> I cry, <b>\"Wake up!\"</b> Unto the <b>harp and lyre</b> I cry, <b>\"Wake me up and play songs to God!\"</b> as I <b>wake up</b> ere dawn arrives. <b>The Torah that Moses commanded us, is an inheritance</b> belonging to all the <b>Congregation of Jacob.</b>",
          "transliteration": {
            "israeli": "b'ra|cha|MIM. ba|RUCH sho|MEA t'fi|LAH: u|RAH ch'vo|DI\nu|RAH ha|NE|vel ve|chi|NOR a-i|RAH sha|CHAR: to|RAH\ntzi|VAH LA|nu mo|SHEH mo|ra|SHAH ke|hi|LAT ya-a|KOV:",
            "orthographic": "be|ra|ḥa|MIM. ba|RUKH sho|MEAʿ te|fil|LAH: ʿu|RAH khe|vo|DHI\nʿu|RAH han|NE|vel ve|khin|NOR ʾa|ʿi|RAH sha|ḥAR: to|RAH\ntziv|VAH LA|nu mo|SHEH mo|ra|SHAH qe|hil|LATH ya|ʿa|QOV:",
            "sephardic": "be|ra|ḥa|MIM. ba|RUKH sho|MEAʿ te|fil|LAH: ʿu|RAH khe|vo|DI\nʿu|RAH han|NE|vel ve|khin|NOR a|ʿi|RAH sha|ḥAR: to|RAH\ntziv|VAH LA|nu mo|SHEH mo|ra|SHAH qe|hil|LAT ya|ʿa|QOV:",
            "chabad": "b'ra|cha|MIM. bo|RUCH shoy|MEIA t'fi|LOH: u|ROH ch'voy|DI\nu|ROH ha|NEI|vel v'chi|NOYR o-i|ROH sho|CHAR: toy|ROH\ntzi|VOH LO|nu moy|SHEH moy|ro|SHOH k'hi|LAS ya-a|KOYV:"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "Instructions",
          "text": "Recite the blessing below at once before you lie down to sleep. After reciting it, refrain from eating, drinking, or speaking."
        },
        {
          "type": "Annotation",
          "text": "May we rest and arise in peace"
        },
        {
          "type": "Passage",
          "hebrew": "בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ\nהָעוֹלָם, הַמַּפִּיל חֶבְלֵי\nשֵׁנָה עַל עֵינַי, וּתְנוּמָה עַל\nעַפְעַפַּי, וּמֵאִיר לְאִישׁוֹן בַּת עָיִן.\nוִיהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהַי וֵאלֹהֵי\nאֲבוֹתַי, שֶׁתַּשְׁכִּיבֵנִי לְשָׁלוֹם,\nוְתַעֲמִידֵנִי לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים וּלְשָׁלוֹם,\nוְאַל יְבַהֲלוּנִי רַעְיוֹנַי וַחֲלוֹמוֹת\nרָעִים וְהִרְהוּרִים רָעִים, וּתְהֵא\nמִטָּתִי שְׁלֵמָה לְפָנֶיךָ, וְהָאֵר עֵינַי\nפֶּן אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה,\nהַמֵּאִיר לָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ בִּכְבוֹדוֹ:",
          "english": "<b>Blessed are You, Lord, our God, Sovereign of the universe, Who causes</b> a weighty sense of <b>sleep to fall on my eyes,</b> as though <b>ropes</b> were drawing them shut, <b>and makes slumber</b> descend <b>onto my eyelids.</b> At morning’s rising, God grants me sight by <b>giving light to the</b> pupil of <b>my eye. Let it accord with Your will, Lord, my God and the God of my ancestors,</b> that <b>I should rest in slumber in peace, and</b> that <b>You should raise me toward a</b> good <b>life and for peace. Let not my notions, wicked dreams, or musings on transgression unsettle me. Establish my bed whole before You;</b> let every child of mine walk after You. <b>Let my eyes see light</b> through rising at dawn, so that this rest may <b>not</b> prove the slumber wherein I perish. <b>Blessed are You, Lord, Who through His glory sheds light upon the entire world.</b>",
          "transliteration": {
            "israeli": "ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI, e|lo|HEI|nu ME|lech\nha-o|LAM, ha|ma|PIL chev|LEI\nshe|NAH al ei|NAI, ut|nu|MAH al\naf|a|PAI, u|me-IR le-i|SHON bat a|YIN.\nvi|HI ra|TZON mi|le|fa|NE|cha a|do|NAI e|lo|HAI vei|lo|HEI\na|vo|TAI, she|tash|ki|ve|NI le|sha|LOM,\nve|ta-a|mi|de|NI le|cha|YIM to|VIM u|le|sha|LOM,\nve-AL ye|va|ha|lu|NI ra|yo|NAI va|cha|lo|MOT\nra-IM ve|hir|hu|RIM ra-IM, u|te|HEI\nmi|ta|TI sh'le|MAH le|fa|NE|cha, ve|ha-ER ei|NAI\npen i|SHAN ha|ma|VET. ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI,\nha|me-IR la-o|LAM ku|LO bich|vo|DO:",
            "orthographic": "ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI, ʾe|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh\nha|ʿo|LAM, ham|map|PIL ḥev|LE\nshe|NAH ʿal ʿe|NAI, u|the|nu|MAH ʿal\nʿaf|ʿap|PAI, u|me|ʾIR le|ʾi|SHON bath ʿa|YIN.\nvi|HI ra|TZON mil|le|fa|NE|kha a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HAI veʾ|lo|HE\nʾa|vo|THAI, shet|tash|ki|ve|NI le|sha|LOM,\nve|tha|ʿa|mi|dhe|NI le|ḥay|YIM ṭo|VIM u|le|sha|LOM,\nve|ʾAL ye|va|ha|lu|NI raʿ|yo|NAI va|ḥa|lo|MOTH\nra|ʿIM ve|hir|hu|RIM ra|ʿIM, u|the|HEʾ\nmiṭ|ṭa|THI she|le|MAH le|fa|NE|kha, ve|ha|ʾER ʿe|NAI\npen ʾi|SHAN ham|ma|VETH. ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI,\nham|me|ʾIR la|ʿo|LAM kul|LO bikh|vo|DHO:",
            "sephardic": "ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI, e|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh\nha|ʿo|LAM, ham|map|PIL ḥev|LE\nshe|NAH ʿal ʿe|NAI, u|te|nu|MAH ʿal\nʿaf|ʿap|PAI, u|me|IR le|i|SHON bat ʿa|YIN.\nvi|HI ra|TZON mil|le|fa|NE|kha a|do|NAI e|lo|HAI ve|lo|HE\na|vo|TAI, shet|tash|ki|ve|NI le|sha|LOM,\nve|ta|ʿa|mi|de|NI le|ḥay|YIM to|VIM u|le|sha|LOM,\nve|AL ye|va|ha|lu|NI raʿ|yo|NAI va|ḥa|lo|MOT\nra|ʿIM ve|hir|hu|RIM ra|ʿIM, u|te|HE\nmit|ta|TI she|le|MAH le|fa|NE|kha, ve|ha|ER ʿe|NAI\npen i|SHAN ham|ma|VET. ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI,\nham|me|IR la|ʿo|LAM kul|LO bikh|vo|DO:",
            "chabad": "bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY, e|loy|HEI|nu ME|lech\nho-oy|LOM, ha|ma|PIL chev|LEI\nshei|NOH al ei|NAI, us'|nu|MOH al\naf|a|PAI, u|mei-IR l'i|SHOYN bas o|YIN.\nvi|HI ro|TZOYN mil'|fo|NE|cho a|do|NOY e|loy|HAI vei|loy|HEI\na|voy|SAI, she|tash|ki|vei|NI l'sho|LOYM,\nv'sa-a|mi|dei|NI l'cha|YIM toy|VIM ul'|sho|LOYM,\nv'AL y'va|ha|lu|NI ra|yoy|NAI va|cha|loy|MOYS\nro-IM v'hir|hu|RIM ro-IM, us'|HEI\nmi|to|SI sh'lei|MOH l'fo|NE|cho, v'ho-EIR ei|NAI\npen i|SHAN ha|mo|VES. bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY,\nha|mei-IR lo-oy|LOM ku|LOY bich|voy|DOY:"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "heading",
          "hebrew": "מִנְחָה לְעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת",
          "english": "Minchah of Friday",
          "transliteration": {
            "israeli": "min|CHAH le-E|rev sha|BAT",
            "orthographic": "min|ḥAH le|ʿE|rev shab|BATH",
            "sephardic": "min|ḥAH le|ʿE|rev shab|BAT",
            "chabad": "min|CHOH l'E|rev SHA|bos"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "Instructions",
          "text": "Recite what follows ahead of Friday Minchah. Should a festival or Chol Hamoed fall on Friday, start with פָּתַח אֵלִיָּהוּ on page 264"
        },
        {
          "type": "Annotation",
          "text": "Extol God for His miracles"
        },
        {
          "type": "Passage",
          "hebrew": "הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה<sup>1</sup> כִּי טוֹב, כִּי לְעוֹלָם\nחַסְדּוֹ: יֹאמְרוּ גְּאוּלֵי יְהֹוָה,\nאֲשֶׁר גְּאָלָם מִיַּד צָר: וּמֵאֲרָצוֹת\nקִבְּצָם, מִמִּזְרָח וּמִמַּעֲרָב\nמִצָּפוֹן וּמִיָּם: תָּעוּ בַמִּדְבָּר<sup>2</sup>\nבִּישִׁימוֹן דָּרֶךְ, עִיר מוֹשָׁב לֹא\nמָצָאוּ: רְעֵבִים גַּם צְמֵאִים,\nנַפְשָׁם בָּהֶם תִּתְעַטָּף:<sup>3</sup> וַיִּצְעֲקוּ\nאֶל יְהֹוָה בַּצַּר לָהֶם, מִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם\nיַצִּילֵם: וַיַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה,\nלָלֶכֶת אֶל עִיר מוֹשָׁב: יוֹדוּ לַיהוָה\nחַסְדּוֹ, וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם:\nכִּי הִשְׂבִּיעַ נֶפֶשׁ שֹׁקֵקָה, וְנֶפֶשׁ\nרְעֵבָה מִלֵּא טוֹב: יֹשְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ\nוְצַלְמָוֶת, אֲסִירֵי עֳנִי וּבַרְזֶל: כִּי\nהִמְרוּ אִמְרֵי אֵל, וַעֲצַת עֶלְיוֹן\nנָאָצוּ: וַיַּכְנַע בֶּעָמָל לִבָּם, כָּשְׁלוּ\nוְאֵין עֹזֵר: וַיִּזְעֲקוּ אֶל יְהֹוָה בַּצַּר\nלָהֶם, מִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם יוֹשִׁיעֵם:\nיוֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת,\nוּמוֹסְרוֹתֵיהֶם יְנַתֵּק: יוֹדוּ לַיהוָה\nחַסְדּוֹ, וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם:",
          "english": "<b>Offer praise</b><sup>1</sup> <b>unto the Lord for He is good; for His kindness endures forever.</b> Four sorts of persons exist <b>who have been delivered by the Lord. They should</b> each <b>offer praises</b> to Him, for He <b>rescued them from the grasp of the oppressor. He assembled them out of every country,</b> from regions of <b>sunrise and sunset, from the north and the</b> isles <b>in the sea.</b> First come <b>those who strayed from the path in the desert</b><sup>2</sup>—amid the wilderness—and they could not <b>find an inhabited city.</b> For they were <b>famished and parched, their soul within them grew faint.</b><sup>3</sup> <b>They cried out to the Lord</b> in their anguish <b>and He delivered them from their woes. He led them along the proper path</b> so they could arrive at an <b>inhabited city.</b> Such persons should <b>offer praise to the Lord for His kindness and</b> recount to <b>people</b> the <b>wonders He performed.</b> They ought to make known that <b>He satisfied the souls</b> of those who were <b>thirsty and He filled the souls</b> of those who were <b>hungry with</b> abundant <b>good food.</b> The second sort are <b>those who sit in a dark</b> dungeon, which resembles <b>the shadow of death,</b> those who are <b>tied up in</b> affliction <b>and in iron chains.</b> They remain confined for they <b>went against the words of God;</b> they spurned <b>God's counsel. God humbled their hearts</b> by <b>the suffering</b> of confinement. <b>They stumbled</b> in agony, yet there was <b>no one to help</b> them. <b>They cried out to the Lord</b> amid <b>their anguish and He delivered them from their woes. He brought them forth from the dark</b> dungeon <b>and the shadow of death</b> and He shattered <b>apart their chains.</b> Such persons should offer laud to the Lord for His kindness and recount to others the wonders He performed. They should publicize",
          "transliteration": {
            "israeli": "ho|DU la|do|NAI ki tov, ki le-o|LAM\nchas|DO: yo|m|RU ge|u|LEI a|do|NAI,\na|SHER ge-a|LAM mi|YAD tzar: u|me-a|ra|TZOT\nkib|TZAM, mi|miz|RACH u|mi|ma-a|RAV\nmi|tza|FON u|mi|YAM: ta|U va|mid|BAR\nbi|shi|MON da|RECH, ir mo|SHAV lo\nma|tza|U: re-e|VIM gam tz'me-IM,\nnaf|SHAM ba|HEM tit|a|TAF: va|yitz|a|KU\nel a|do|NAI ba|TZAR la|HEM, mi|me|tzu|ko|tei|HEM\nya|tzi|LEM: va|yad|ri|CHEM b'DE|rech ye|sha|RAH,\nla|LE|chet el ir mo|SHAV: yo|DU la|do|NAI\nchas|DO, ve|nif|le-o|TAV liv|NEI a|DAM:\nki his|BIA NE|fesh sho|ke|KAH, ve|NE|fesh\nre-e|VAH mi|LEI tov: yosh|VEI CHO|shech\nve|tzal|ma|VET, a|si|REI o|NI u|var|ZEL: ki\nhim|RU im|REI el, va-a|TZAT el|YON\nna-a|TZU: va|yach|NA be-a|MAL li|BAM, kash|LU\nve-EIN o|ZER: va|yiz|a|KU el a|do|NAI ba|TZAR\nla|HEM, mi|me|tzu|ko|tei|HEM yo|shi-EM:\nyo|tzi-EM me|CHO|shech ve|tzal|ma|VET,\nu|mos|ro|tei|HEM ye|na|TEK: yo|DU la|do|NAI\nchas|DO, ve|nif|le-o|TAV liv|NEI a|DAM:",
            "orthographic": "ho|DHU la|do|NAI ki ṭov, ki le|ʿo|LAM\nḥas|DO: yo|ʾm|RU ge|ʾu|LE a|do|NAI,\nʾa|SHER ge|ʾa|LAM miy|YADH tzar: u|me|ʾa|ra|TZOTH\nqib|be|TZAM, mim|miz|RAḥ u|mim|ma|ʿa|RAV\nmit|tza|FON u|miy|YAM: ta|ʿU vam|midh|BAR\nbi|shi|MON da|REKH, ʿir mo|SHAV loʾ\nma|tza|ʾU: re|ʿe|VIM gam tze|me|ʾIM,\nnaf|SHAM ba|HEM tith|ʿaṭ|ṭAF: vay|yitz|ʿa|QU\nʾel a|do|NAI bat|TZAR la|HEM, mim|me|tzu|qo|the|HEM\nyat|tzi|LEM: vay|yadh|ri|KHEM be|DHE|rekh ye|sha|RAH,\nla|LE|kheth ʾel ʿir mo|SHAV: yo|DHU la|do|NAI\nḥas|DO, ve|nif|le|ʾo|THAV liv|NE ʾa|DHAM:\nki hiś|BIAʿ NE|fesh sho|qe|QAH, ve|NE|fesh\nre|ʿe|VAH mil|LEʾ ṭov: yo|she|VE ḥO|shekh\nve|tzal|ma|VETH, ʾa|si|RE ʿo|NI u|var|ZEL: ki\nhim|RU ʾim|RE ʾel, va|ʿa|TZATH ʿel|YON\nna|ʾa|TZU: vay|yakh|NAʿ be|ʿa|MAL lib|BAM, ka|she|LU\nve|ʾEN ʿo|ZER: vay|yiz|ʿa|QU ʾel a|do|NAI bat|TZAR\nla|HEM, mim|me|tzu|qo|the|HEM yo|shi|ʿEM:\nyo|tzi|ʾEM me|ḥO|shekh ve|tzal|ma|VETH,\nu|mo|se|ro|the|HEM ye|nat|TEQ: yo|DHU la|do|NAI\nḥas|DO, ve|nif|le|ʾo|THAV liv|NE ʾa|DHAM:",
            "sephardic": "ho|DU la|do|NAI ki tov, ki le|ʿo|LAM\nḥas|DO: yo|m|RU ge|u|LE a|do|NAI,\na|SHER ge|a|LAM miy|YAD tzar: u|me|a|ra|TZOT\nqib|be|TZAM, mim|miz|RAḥ u|mim|ma|ʿa|RAV\nmit|tza|FON u|miy|YAM: ta|ʿU vam|mid|BAR\nbi|shi|MON da|REKH, ʿir mo|SHAV lo\nma|tza|U: re|ʿe|VIM gam tze|me|IM,\nnaf|SHAM ba|HEM tit|ʿat|TAF: vay|yitz|ʿa|QU\nel a|do|NAI bat|TZAR la|HEM, mim|me|tzu|qo|te|HEM\nyat|tzi|LEM: vay|yad|ri|KHEM be|DE|rekh ye|sha|RAH,\nla|LE|khet el ʿir mo|SHAV: yo|DU la|do|NAI\nḥas|DO, ve|nif|le|o|TAV liv|NE a|DAM:\nki his|BIAʿ NE|fesh sho|qe|QAH, ve|NE|fesh\nre|ʿe|VAH mil|LE tov: yo|she|VE ḥO|shekh\nve|tzal|ma|VET, a|si|RE ʿo|NI u|var|ZEL: ki\nhim|RU im|RE el, va|ʿa|TZAT ʿel|YON\nna|a|TZU: vay|yakh|NAʿ be|ʿa|MAL lib|BAM, ka|she|LU\nve|EN ʿo|ZER: vay|yiz|ʿa|QU el a|do|NAI bat|TZAR\nla|HEM, mim|me|tzu|qo|te|HEM yo|shi|ʿEM:\nyo|tzi|EM me|ḥO|shekh ve|tzal|ma|VET,\nu|mo|se|ro|te|HEM ye|nat|TEQ: yo|DU la|do|NAI\nḥas|DO, ve|nif|le|o|TAV liv|NE a|DAM:",
            "chabad": "hoy|DU la|do|NOY ki toyv, ki l'oy|LOM\nchas|DOY: yoy|m|RU g'u|LEI a|do|NOY,\na|SHER g'o|LOM mi|YAD tzor: u|mei-a|ro|TZOYS\nkib'|TZOM, mi|miz|ROCH u|mi|ma-a|ROV\nmi|tzo|FOYN u|mi|YOM: to|U va|mid|BOR\nbi|shi|MOYN do|RECH, ir moy|SHOV loy\nmo|tzo|U: r'ei|VIM gam tz'mei-IM,\nnaf|SHOM bo|HEM tis|a|TOF: va|yitz|a|KU\nel a|do|NOY ba|TZAR lo|HEM, mim'|tzu|koy|sei|HEM\nya|tzi|LEIM: va|yad|ri|CHEIM b'DE|rech y'sho|ROH,\nlo|LE|ches el ir moy|SHOV: yoy|DU la|do|NOY\nchas|DOY, v'nif|l'oy|SOV liv|NEI o|DOM:\nki his|BIA NE|fesh shoy|kei|KOH, v'NE|fesh\nr'ei|VOH mi|LEI toyv: yoysh'|VEI CHOY|shech\nv'tzal|mo|VES, a|si|REI o|NI u|var|ZEL: ki\nhim|RU im|REI eil, va-a|TZAS el|YOYN\nno-o|TZU: va|yach|NA be-o|MOL li|BOM, kosh'|LU\nv'EIN oy|ZEIR: va|yiz|a|KU el a|do|NOY ba|TZAR\nlo|HEM, mim'|tzu|koy|sei|HEM yoy|shi-EIM:\nyoy|tzi-EIM mei|CHOY|shech v'tzal|mo|VES,\nu|moys'|roy|sei|HEM y'na|TEIK: yoy|DU la|do|NOY\nchas|DOY, v'nif|l'oy|SOV liv|NEI o|DOM:"
          }
        }
      ],
      "footer": [
        {
          "type": "Commentary",
          "text": "1 We say this Psalm before Minchah on Friday afternoon, at the end of the work week, to thank God for having protected our souls and our bodies while we were involved in worldly pursuits. The Psalm is not said when a festival or Chol Hamoed occur on Friday, because we do not work on those days.",
          "marker": "1"
        },
        {
          "type": "Commentary",
          "text": "2 A \"desert\" symbolizes a place that appears spiritually empty and uninhabited by Godliness. In exile, we are compared to those who are lost in a desert—we do not see God's revealed presence.",
          "marker": "2",
          "attribution": "The Rebbe"
        },
        {
          "type": "Commentary",
          "text": "3 When a person becomes physically hungry and thirsty, the soul becomes weakened as well. This is because the soul desires to elevate the sparks of holiness that are found in foods and drinks. When we eat or drink for a holy purpose (such as to have energy for learning Torah or performing good deeds), we elevate the sparks within those foods, thereby giving energy and satisfaction not only to the body, but to the soul as well.",
          "marker": "3",
          "attribution": "The Rebbe"
        }
      ]
    }
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